In today's workplace, making work devices accessible is not just good practice, it's essential. Android Enterprise offers a robust suite of accessibility tools designed to help organizations ensure work devices are accessible for everyone. This includes features that support visual, audio, and mobility needs.
Visual assistance features
To support employees with visual impairments, Android provides a variety of customizable visual assistance features:
- Android's Braille display support provides a flexible and tactile way to read and interact with their work devices by enabling employees to connect their work devices to compatible braille displays.
- Lookout transforms Android devices into powerful visual assistants, using AI and Google's Gemini models to provide instant insights. It can quickly describe images and answer questions about visual content in the workplace.
- TalkBack is Android’s screen reader, which employees with blindness and low vision can use to interact seamlessly with their Android work devices. It provides spoken feedback and audio or gesture navigation for emails, reports, and apps.
Hearing features
To enhance clarity and personalize the experience for employees with hearing impairments, Android offers intelligent audio features:
- Teams can use Real-time text (RTT) to make and receive phone calls with confidence by engaging in text-based conversations in real-time without the need to press end.
- Sound Amplifier enhances important sounds at work by filtering out background noise and amplifying important conversations or work media for clearer audio, both in person and online.
- Android's hearing aid support enables employees to work from anywhere by pairing their compatible hearing aids for direct audio streaming of meetings, media, and work presentations. Learn more about Android's new launch of LE audio hearing aid integration.
Mobility features
Android provides features that adapt to the needs of employees with mobility impairments:
- Gesture navigation helps employees take control of their workdays by navigating their phones with simple gestures, like swipes and taps.
- Camera Switches help team members use facial gestures to control their Android work phone by turning the front-facing camera into a switch, enabling navigation with eye movements and facial gestures.
- Action blocks simplify workflows by creating large on-screen buttons to open frequently used work apps, compose emails, or automate tasks with a single tap.
Related resources
- Read the latest Keyword blog post about Android Accessibility.
- Learn more about Android Accessibility features at work with Android Enterprise's latest datasheet.
- Continue the discussion about the latest Android Accessibility feature announcements on our Community.
- Learn how to set up these and more accessibility features at the Android Accessibility Help Center.